‘Fast & Furious 9’ movie review: Mostly daft and curious
The Hindu
The ninth instalment of the action-thriller franchise makes us miss the time when it was all about putting pedal to metal, and the glitzy punk world of illegal street car racing
While on a computer, F9 is the refresh key. But F9, the stylised version of Fast and Furious 9, the ninth edition of the instalment of the high-octane action franchise, is not all that refreshing. Though the action moves all over the globe, including Montequinto, London, Tokyo, Edinburgh, Tbilisi and outer space (!), there is a hankering for the simpler times when Fast and Furious was all about putting pedal to metal, and the gritty, glitzy punk world of illegal street car racing. One fondly remembers the empty parking lot, after the first movie in 2001, as people channelled their inner Dom and Brian. . Fast and Furious 9 has a masala film vibe, what with estranged brothers and a fatal accident. All that is missing are the oddly numbered shoes and a family song. The movie opens in 1989 on a racetrack with Jack Toretto competing and his sons, Dom and Jakob, as his pit crew. A terrible crash kills Jack while Dom is sent to prison for beating up a rival driver.More Related News